Mavericks surf break

Mavericks surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT
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Mavericks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mavericks sea temperature is
17.2° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Mavericks today?

The current surf forecast for Mavericks at 12PM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.5m)10s

Table - waves today at Mavericks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)91010101010101010111010101010141410101099910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)360550584596543404411358316322246194186148132123121109109103989810087
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:46AM
1.52
8:51PM
1.73
10:19AM
1.57
9:42PM
1.70
10:49AM
1.60
10:29PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
0.70
3:42AM
0.00
3:52PM
0.57
4:18AM
0.08
4:33PM
0.45
4:50AM
0.18
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise6:54-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset---7:13-------7:12-------7:09----
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151617161515151515161717151615151618181716151515
Feels °C (?)151516151515151616161617151615151617161515141515
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Mateo

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Mavericks (light winds from the SSE at Half Moon Bay Airport (California) 2 km from Mavericks). 2.1m 10s swell from the WNW with a 0.5m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 16 min ago

17 km/h
SSE
Cross-Off
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